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### Question: What do abnormal results mean?
### Response: Any infection or acute stress increases your number of white blood cells. High white blood cell counts may be due to inflammation, an immune response, or blood diseases such as leukemia.
It is important to realize that an abnormal increase in one type of white blood cell can cause a decrease in the percentage of other types of white blood cells.
An increased percentage of neutrophils may be due to:
Acute infection Acute stress Eclampsia Gout Myelocytic leukemia Rheumatoid arthritis Rheumatic fever Thyroiditis Trauma
A decreased percentage of neutrophils may be due to:
Aplastic anemia Chemotherapy Influenza or other viral infection Widespread bacterial infection Radiation therapy or exposure
An increased percentage of lymphocytes may be due to:
Chronic bacterial infection Infectious hepatitis Infectious mononucleosis Lymphocytic leukemia Multiple myeloma Viral infection (such as infectious mononucleosis, mumps, measles)
A decreased percentage of lymphocytes may be due to:
Chemotherapy HIV infection Leukemia Radiation therapy or exposure Sepsis
An increased percentage of monocytes may be due to:
Chronic inflammatory disease Parasitic infection Tuberculosis Viral infection (for example, infectious mononucleosis, mumps, measles)
An increased percentage of eosinophils may be due to:
Allergic reaction Cancer Collagen vascular disease Parasitic infection
A decreased percentage of basophils may be due to:
Acute allergic reaction